The Bond in The Boot

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Brennan and Booth are asked to investigate the death of a man who was murdered for the secret contents of his briefcase. They suspect that secret operatives are at work, and their theory is proven correct when they find the liquified remains of a CIA agent in the trunk of a car. Meanwhile, Brennan's new best-selling book causes tension between her and Booth, and Wendell loses his scholarship.moreless
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  • A disintegrating body is found while being nibbled on by cats and Booth and Brennan find themselves in the middle of a CIA case which has strong resemblances to a James Bond mission.moreless

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By parmissm11, Mar 26, 2011
    After that strong premiere, I personally expected a more exciting follow up and with a title like that, the episode could have had chase scenes, Bond like action or even more twists in the case but on the whole it was satisfying.
    The fact that Brennan receives a fat paycheck and Booth feels a little less well off in front of her added more reality to the characters and it was helpful to bring the subject of the economic crisis into the equation and the intern scholarship being canceled as a result. Although it was somewhat predictable that the lab staff would pitch in to help Wendell, it was still sweet to show the compassionate side of our beloved characters and their generosity.
    The bottom line is, good job with the writing but we definitely want more from Bones.moreless

  • A man is found dead, an Aston Martin is found with a bosy in the trunk and everyone is thinking spies

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    By penelope1985, Sep 24, 2010
    This is the episode when Bones comes back on its usual form. The case is good, full of twists. The interactions are there because the team tries to save one of their own. B&B have amazing interactions and one of their best scenes EVER on the show. Everything is back on track. Money is the main theme for this episode as Brennan becomes even richer and Wendell loses his scholaship because of cutbacks. Booth is a little bothered by the fact that Brennan is so rich given he can't afford to play a professional plumper 800$ to fix his pipes. In the end everything is back to normal with Wendell staying on the team and Booth and Brennan have a pretty sexual scene under the sink...moreless

  • More mediocre television.

    6.5
    "Fair"
    By thefanof, Sep 24, 2010
    Last week I remarked how the season premiere was disappointing, and lacked a lot of the things that make this show great, or at the very least only had the bare minimum of them. This episode was similar, and while it probably was slightly better from both a humor and storyline standpoint I really cannot give this any higher than a 6.5/10.

    Last year Bones was probably in the Top 15 dramas on television, but now I cannot even say that much about it. And even worse this show is getting 3 million more viewers than Fringe, a significantly superior show.moreless

  • I love Booth! That is all...

    9.5
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    By Pucktweety, Sep 24, 2010
    I do love Booth and I do love the Bond analogies. The writers obvious done a lot of research!

    I also love how they know exactly what intern to pick to do that storyline with. I mean, the other interns are great in their own way but each of them have their own perfect story lines to fit into and we have already seen them interact with cases on a different level so using this intern was perfect - plus I think overall, from experience of talking to other fans, he is the most liked so it would of worked best with him!

    The ending with Booth and Bones doing the plumbing - I really like how their is always a bit of a personal touch to every episode at the end - showing them they have lives outside the world of death and murder.

    I mean, I know that each Bones episode always follows a certain pattern as in - tiny bit of personal bit or on the site case - case solving - personal bit to end - but it's a working formula and why mess with it?moreless

  • A really interesting case, with really sweet moments!

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    By vicky24c, Sep 24, 2010
    In this episode of Bones, the following happens. We open this episode with a man being killed, and his hand being cut off so that the briefcase attached t it, can be taken. All done in a very James Bond style. Booth and Bones are called in, where we learn the publishers have given her a Rolex as her new book has sold so well. She has also been told that she will no longer have to work for a living, but Bones just can't stay away.
    Booth is having trouble with the plumbing in his apartment, and he would normally fix it himself, only he can't remember how. A plumber tells him it will be $800 and she offers to lend him the money which he turns down. When the body is taken back to the lab, we learn that the victim was Russian. Soon he is IDed and we learn that he had a diplomatic visa, which was not authorised by the State.
    They believe he smuggled in diamonds, but aren't a 100 percent and so it is being treated as a national security threat. We soon learn that Wendell has lost his scholarship and therefore will lose his internship at the lab. Sweets tells Bones that she should let Booth teach her about plumbing as it will help him regain what he feels that he has lost since the coma. They soon find the car used in the murder and when they open the trunk, they find a body which has begun to liquefy. Then an ID for the CIA is found on the body and we soon believe that he was the killer. When they look over the body, Angela suggests to Bones that she set up a scholarship programme, so that Wendell can still work at the lab. Hodgins also can't help. And Angela can't as she says "I pack my own lunch". In the car, Booth and Bones discuss the fact that Bones earns more money than Booth. Or as Booth said, she is loaded and she still doesn't have a flat screen TV. He tells her that basic things are sweeter, with or without money, such as a hug from his son. Since Booth has clearance he is told what the killer who worked for the CIA did, but Bones has to wait out in the lobby. When Cam speak to Wendell, we learn that he came from a poor neighbourhood and that his mother goes to church every day to pray for his miracle, that is his scholarship. We also learn that when he has money, he will set up his own scholarship programme for people like him. Later on in the episode, he tells Bones that it was always his dream, to work with her. At which points, Bones lets slip about the fact he has lost his scholarship, and will therefore lose his internship. He gets upset and says he will take a year off and work, and then perhaps come back, but Bones tells him that they can't hold a space for him. Yet again in another interrogation, the suspect believes that Bones and Booth are a couple and are sleeping together. Booth gets the look on his face then, like it's a good idea and waits to see what Bones's reaction is. Soon Bones gets Booth the book that he wants, but not as a gift. And so he offers to teach her how to do plumbing, and she accepts. Soon we learn that the CIA are coming in 10 minutes to take over the investigation and remove all of their evidence. And so they have only 10 minutes in order to solve the case, before it disappears forever. They soon learn how he was killed and who killed him. They bring her and she tells them that she doesn't know where the briefcase is. Soon, through a hidden message in a photo, they learn where the briefcase is. They get there and find the briefcase and inside is a USB drive. As Wendell says his goodbyes, we learn that a donation has been made for his scholarship for the next 2 years. Since it was anonymous, we don't know whether it was Bones or Hodgins who did it, but he thanks them all. After he leaves Cam tells them that they received enough donations for 3 scholarships. As the episode ends, we see Bones and Brennan fixing his plumbing. During which they share some precious moments. And then when he turns the water back on, we learn that it didn't work as water splashes everywhere. And the water has ruined Bones's new Rolex.moreless
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    • At the beginning of the episode, Animal Control has absolutely no trouble picking up and crating the feral cats that had snacked on the body. Realistically, the cats would have scattered at the first sign of a human's approach and would have never willfully been captured.

    • Goof: In the scene where Booth and Bones find the CIA agent in the trunk of the car, Bones' hair is tied back when she's looking at the blood dripping from the car, down in the back shot when they open the trunk, then up again when they show her from the front.

    • Goof: The body of the dead Russian is found at Dulles Airport in Fairfax County, VA. However, the animal control vans say Montgomery County, which is in Maryland, about 30 miles from the airport.

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    • Hodgins: What kind of creep breaks up with someone over e-mail? Angela: Yeah. Well, like there's an acceptable protocol for crushing someone's soul.

    • Harold Prescott: You are really going to trust something this important to a kid? Sweets: Oh me? At least I tuck myself in at night.

    • Hodgins: Wendell, my man, we still on for lunch? Cam: You are discussing lunch while holding a tray of cat excrement. Hodgins: Everybody poops. They even wrote a book about it.

    • Hodgins: There was, more than a grain of truth in those Bond films. Angela: Pussy Galore? That's never gonna happen. Wendell: Well, we can always hope.

    • Booth: You know, Bones, I'm ... I'm glad that, uh ... we don't have any secrets between each other. Bones: Yeah. I like that. Booth: I mean if we have something on our mind we just, we just share it. Bones: Sure. Even with all of the financial and intellectual contradictions I, still feel close to you. Booth: Right, because you know, none of that really matters anyway. Bones: Sometimes looking at it through your eyes, I believe that.

    • (Booth has gotten injured from tring to fix his sink pipes) Bones: Didn't your book for imbeciles teach you how to avoid injury? Booth: No, the bookstore they ran out of copies, and it's book for dummies, not book for imbeciles.

    • Hodgins: We're going down the rabbit hole here people. The CIA has no problem silencing people that poke around in their business. Angela: I hate to break it to you Jack but -- you're the guy who studies bugs, slime, and poop. It's hardly assassination worthy. Hodgins: Hey, a lot of people would like to see me dead. Angela: I'm not gonna touch that one.

    • Sweets: Elephants are gray Agent Booth, but not all gray things are elephants.

    • Mandy Summers: I got the bug because I was afraid Greg was cheating on me. Booth: So why didn't you mention this before? Mandy Summers: We're not supposed to date. I guess it's not like the FBI. We're not allowed to sleep with someone we're working with. Brennan: What- Is she talking about us? Booth: We're not ... Brennan: No! Mandy Summers: Oh, it's okay. I'm CIA. My lips are sealed.

    • Booth: We don't know what's in that case, you're calling your calvary. Rutledge: I know how to do my job. Brennan: Well then how come we found the killer and the case?

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    • International Air Dates: United Kingdom: October 15th, 2009 on Sky1/Sky1 HD Australia: October 25th, 2009 on Channel Seven Sweden: November 22nd, 2009 on TV3 Spain: December 11th, 2009 on Fox Latin America: January 20th, 2010 on Fox The Netherlands: February 1st, 2010 on RTL4 Norway: February 4th, 2010 on TV3 Finland: September 4th, 2010 on Sub Slovakia: September 8th, 2010 on JOJ Germany: September 16th, 2010 on RTL Czech Republic: March 10th, 2011 on Prima

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    • Hodgins: Everybody poops. They even wrote a book about it. The book Hodgins refers to is "Everyone Poops," a Japanese children's book written and illustrated by Tarō Gomi and first published in Japan in 1977. The English translation has been published in the U.S. within the series "My Body Science." The book tells children that all animals poop and always have.

    • Officer Kopek: It was leased using a corporate credit card: Universal Exports. This is an allusion to the James Bond series of films. Universal Exports is a fictional organization often used as a cover name for the company British Secret Service Agents (one of which is of course James Bond) work for.

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